CLEVELAND,
Ohio -- The man accused in the years-long kidnapping of three Cleveland women
faces a 329-count indictment handed down by a grand jury, including charges of
kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder.

Ariel
Castro, 52, faces 177 counts of
kidnapping, 139 counts of rape, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three
counts of felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools and
one count of aggravated murder in the abductions of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus
and Michelle Knight, according
to The Plain Dealer.

The count of
aggravated murder is for terminating another person's pregnancy, Cuyahoga
County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty told The Plain Dealer. CNN reported
last month that when Knight became pregnant, Castro starved her for two
weeks and punched her stomach until she had a miscarriage.

The three
women, who disappeared in different incidents from 2002 to 2004, were
found May 6 when Berry escaped from Castro's house and ran to a neighbor.

Castro's
attorneys have
said it is unfair that their client is seen as a "monster."